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TIL that the word 'Rizz' was Oxford's word of the year for 2023, beating the words Swiftie, situationship and de-influencing.

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awv70 TIL of the United Flight 811 disaster; a jumbo jet's cargo door blew out, tearing a hole dozens of feet wide in the plane's body, killing nine people, and destroying two engines with debris. Despite the heavy damage, the plane kept flying and the crew landed safely, saving 346 people.
MevXa TIL that every year, a regatta is held in Alice Springs. Due to the lack of water in Central Australia, contestants have to carry bottomless "boats" trough a dried-out river. When the river did carry water in 1993, the regatta became "the only regatta ever cancelled because of wet weather".
QJj1p TIL A graduate sued Anglia Ruskin University over her "Mickey Mouse" degree and received a £60,000 out-of-court settlement. She claimed the university "exaggerated the prospects of a career" and sued them for false advertising. She graduated with a first in international business strategy.
JLoV TIL Printer ink cost over 7 times more than Dom Perignon vintage champagne per milliliter
RWoQ TIL that the smallest Hawaiian Island, widely known as The Forbidden Isle, is owned by two brothers that inherited from their great-great-grandmother who purchased it from King Kamehameha V for $10,000 in gold. They have turned down all offers to sell it including $1 billion from the U.S. government